Apparatus for making carpets and the like.



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APPARATUS FOR Ml HUNG GARPETS AND THE LIKE.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 29,1905.

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I EATENTEID APR. so, 1907. E. F. CLARK & T. 0. POOLE. APPARATUS FORMAKING GARPETS AND THE LIKE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED HAY 29,1905.

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EUGENE F. CLARK ANl.) THOMAS C. POOLE, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYIQV APPARATUS FOR MAKING CARPETS AND THE LIKE Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Applieation filed May 29, 1905. Serial No. 262,937.

To all whom it may concern:

J. P. Humphries. The manner in which Be it known that we, Ei GENE l.CLHUC l these spool frames with their guide tubes and and Tnonns (,7.Poouc, citizens of the United States. residing at Philadelphia, leinsyl- Vania, nave invented eertain new and useful linprovemei'its inApparatus for Making Carpets and the like. of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to the manufacture of carpets and we have(liselosed it herein as applied to the manufacture of "Royal Ax-Ininster though we do not wish to limit all features of our invention tothe manufacture of this particular class of goods.

Our object primarily is to provide means whereby the 'perl'eet lining upof the colors in the completed article will be insured the relativeposition of the dill'erent colors of varn as they leave he bobbinsaccording to the pat tern. desired being maintained throughout all thesubsequent steps of the manulat ture, and particularly while beingthreaded through the guide tubes of the spool carrying frames.

I'Ieretol'ore it has been the practice to spool the ya ns and then thespool bearing dill'erent colors of yarns is placed in a spool frame andthis is then arranged in a threading machine having asinglereciprocating needle. The spool frame is given a step by step movementlongitudinally to bring its guide tubes in succession in front of thereciprocating needle and this having advanced through the first guidetube in the row is supplied with the first strand of yarn at the end ofthe spool by the operative who picks up this strand and lays it acrossthe stem of the needle to be taken by the stem of the hook. The needlethen retracts and threads the yarn through the guide tube. The spoolframe then moves to bring the next tube in the row opposite the singleneedle and it then advances thercthrough. The next yarn is taken. by theoperative and engaged with this needle which retracts as before andthreads this yarn through the second tube and this operation is repeateduntil all the yarns on the spool are threaded through their-appropriateguide tubes, which is carried by the spool frame.

A spool frame with. its guide tubes of substantially the form mentionedabove is disclosed in Letters Patent of the United States No. 783,277,granted February 21, 1905 to the spools carried by said frames areemployed in the loom is well understood by those skilled in the art, butreference may be made as showing the style of machine, to Letters Patentof the United States No. 571,418 granted November 17,1896 to E.lyn'ieson.

In the threading operation above described there is no assurance thatthe pattern will be accurate because of the liability of an operativethrough lack of skill or through carelessness to take up a yarn out ofits order and engage it. with the single threading needle so that whileit has been properly spooled according to the pattern it has beenincorrectly threaded through the guide of the spool frame. Thisdefective threading frequently occurs as the yarns lie close together,and it is dillieult for the operative to separate the yarns and pickthem up in their proper order to be engaged with the threading needle.Further than this, the threading proceeds, one yarn at a time, and aconsiderable time is necessary in threading a whole spool.

It. is a further object of our invention to avoid the single threadingoperation and to thread all the yarns carried by the one spodl throughthe guide tubes of the frame carrying the said spool at one operation.

it is a further object of our invention to provide a trimming or cuttermeans in e0n neetion with the threading machine so that as soon as theyarns have all been threaded through the guide tubes they may at once betrimmed, thus dispensing with a separate trimming machine.

Further objects of our inyention will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists ip the features and combination and arrangementof parts hereinafter described and particularlypointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings,.l igure 1 is a central vertical sectionalview fi 'om front to rear through a part ofthe spooling machine with ourimprovements applied thereto, part of the figure being in the nature ofa diagram, for convenience of illustration. Fig. 2 is a similar view ofFig.1 with parts in a different position. Fig, 3 is a front view of theguiding comb and transfer guide shown in Fig. 1, the support being shownin section.

"he transfer or slinfront View ot the f Fig. on th also through thespool carrying frame and the ports associated therewith, but which forconvenience areshown only at the right of 10 said Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is aview similar to Fig. 6 with the parts in e diilerent position and withsome of the parts omitted. Fig. 8 is a plan View of one end of thethreading machine. Fig. 9 is a detail View of the needle I and guidetube registering bar. Fig. is a detail view of the needles, the shiftingbar end the elining comb, and Fig. 11 is a Vl6\V similar to Fig. 10 withthe shifting bar shifted toward'the right to lay the yarns 20 across theneedles.

7 Referring to Fig. 1 the dill'er nt yarns extend from bobbin 1 to saidyarns, being directed between the teeth of e comb 2 to the spool 3, uponwhich the said yarns are wound.

in the method of manufacture sbove referred to, after the yarns havebeen wound upon the spool they are cut from the main strand and theseout ends must then be pi ched up individually and threaded through theguide tubes by menus oi the reciprocating needle above mentioned. Whenbrought to the threading n'iiic-hine the cut ends are loose end. areliable to be displaced in relation to 5 each other and this. inconnection with care .lessness or lack of skill on the port of theoperative will result frequently in the ysrns being disorders l whenpassed through the guide tubes, which of course will cause irreg- 4Oulaiities and imperfections to appear in the pattern. in order to insurethe proper relative positions of the yarns during the threadingOpfll'ttlllOll, we employ menus for holding the cut ends of the yarnsthey are taken 5 from the spooling machine and tran erred to this ineinr7 pattern 1e neerhes to be e tubes of the spool ans consists of oinb orelining 55 ul is. l oth-st e line 66, the sectipn being lower ends inthe position shown in Fig. i the roller 6 directs the yarns through thecomb 2 in a plane above the teeth 5. When sufiioient lengths of ysrnhave been spooled the arms- 7 are thrown down to the position shown indotted lines 1, thus lowering the yarn into the space between the teeth5 in the transfer comb and then a cap piece 11 is placed on the transferguide forming a part thereof, the said cap piece clamping the yarnsbetween its edge 12 and the edge 13 of guide The cap piece or strip isheld in place on the main portion of the guide by n hook 14 at one endengaging an eye 15 on the main portion and by a spring 16 at its otherend engaging an eye 17 on the main portion of the guide, "thisconstruction permitting the cap piece or strip to be readily placed inposh tion to clamp the yarns or quickly disengage from the main portionto release the said yarns. After the yarns have been lowered by theroller 6 into the transfer guide and clamped therein the spool 3 isremoved from the spooling rollers and drawn to the left, the transferguide of course being also removed from its support 18 to be carriedaway with the yarns clamped therein and then the yarns at the right ofthe said guide are attached to another spool which is now placed in thespooling rollers, and after this the yarns are aline with the otherparts of the pattern may be threaded thrhugh the guides of the spoolcarrying frames. This spool carrying frame is indicated at 19 and thetubes carried thereby at 20. For the threading 0pc tioi i spool carryingframe is pieced on of the threading mach ne with resting on a shoulder itubes 20 extending over a horizontal set of the said bed and with theirends registeren in proper position by ineons of a. registering bar 23secured to the hen .Zl, having 1 shape err ves 2 .ei'iihng ticslly onits front side to receive and register the ends of the gride tube, andhaving also guide-Ways on its under side for the pessiige oi thethreading needles which are arranged to pan. through the said regis herand thus. h the guide tubes registered therewith As shown in F 2) thepartitions 25 bebeveled at 2% on so as to properly dire-3t .iie nee dany of them get slightly out of dies shoul alinoniont with tho guidetubos through which thoy must pass. 'lho spool carrying tho yarns islit(ttl bolow tho bod 21. boing supportod in boxos 27, and tho trunsl'oror alining guido :tttzu hod to mid proporly spiroing tho thronds of this spool is plucod in boldors 28 ('onsisting ot' U shupo sookotsnduptod to roooiro tho ond portions of tho guido and hold tho sumo withits tooth in slightly upwzn'd inolinod position us shown in Figs. ti and7. rnngod at tho onds ot tho throttding muohino as shown in Fig. 5, and:u'o t'dtl'iitl by vorticzrlly ztdjustublo posts or brn kots 21). holdby at bolt and slot oonnootion 3t) to tho bod 21.

in Fig. 5 wo show at tho right :1- portion ot tho atliningguido :md:llsou port ion ot' thospool carrying trumo with its guido tubos. itwill be undorstood that during tho thronding opis not supportotl by tho'oration tho spool spool ozt'rrylng lrztmo, but tho suid lrnmo isztttztcho'd to tho spool and ourrios tho Sit-tilt through tho loom, asshown in tho ptitont ol Tymoson :tboro rot'orrod to. in Fig. 5 wo hztyoomittod tho ulining bur and tho spool (:urrying l'rnmo from tho lolthund portion of tho tiguro. Tho spool ourrying l'rumo is tur thor holdin position by :t olip or l.)l'it(l\'tt 31 tdztptod to ongztgo tho oontrul portion thorool as shown in Fig. 5 by u prossor l)tl-t 32 adoptodto boar on tho uppor sido of tho guide tubos, tho snid prossor bu-l'boing suppo'rtod at its onds and prossod downwardly by springs 33:Ldjustubly soonrod, :is at 34, to tho bod of tho untohino.

Byrotoronoo to Fig. 5 it will bo soon that tho yarns indiozttod at .ruro hold by tho translor or :tlining guido so that tho noodlos whon :i.dVanood through tho guido tubos 2t) of tho spool ourrying l'rumo willpuss botwoon tho snid yurns, and in ordor that tho yzrrns may ongugo thonoodlos it is nooossuiy to givo tho said yurns u littt'litl displuoomontto hry thom uoross tho stoms ol' tho noodlos in I'titl' ot tho hooks.For this purposo wo provido u shitting bur or womb 35 having tooth 356o't' pointod shztpo :md groovod zts nt 37 on their undor sidos. 'lhisshitting comb or bar is ourriod by 2 shn it or rod 38 nrrangod to slidoand rdso to turn in boxos or bouri'ngs 39 onrriod by arms 4t) pivotalllysupportod at it) from bl'ntokots 51, which in turn uro supportod by thobod 21, boing boltod thoroto-u-t 52, Fig. 5. This shitting comb or bar,whilo the spool and tho tronst'or or zilini'ng guid :tro boing phiood inposition in tho throz'tding moohino, is in its olo-- voted positionindiozttod in Fig. 6, but :1 t'tor tho spool and tho zilining ban" huyoboon properly positionod tho shitting bur or oomb is loworod, its shownin Fig. 7, to pass bonont h the :tlining bin and its tooth will ongttgotho yarns and pross them from: tho vortioai ])osition shown in Fig (5 totho position. shown in Fig. 7, ono yarn lying in oztoh ol tho spatoosbetween the tooth 01' this oomb. For this uliniug- 'lho supports 25 :troury purposo of course, the tooth of the shifting oomb :n'o diroctly inulinomont with the teeth l of tho uliningguitio. 'lhisisindiontod inFig.I 5 by tho dot od lino 3 After tho. yarns have booir ongagod by thotooth of the shifting loomb tho wholo sorios ol' noodlos ztro adyunood:md thoy uro guidod through the pussugos 25. tho guido tubos 2t) u'ndtho u'ndor groovos 3T ot'tho tooth ol' tho shitting comb, tho hook oudsot' tho suid noodlos whon fully I u dvunood oooupying positions in tholongitu- (tinul groovos .34 ot' tho shitting oonib, tho relation of thoshitting oomb tho hook onds of l tho noodlos and tho tooth ot' thotrunsl'or or l :dining guido and tho urns :tt this timo is l shown inFig. flt), tho noodlos oxtonding through tho spztoos botwoon tho yur'ns.1n ordor thut tho noodlos. whon they rotrttot, may ongngo tho yarns thoshitting oonfb bur i .'%.')is giyon .1 shittingmm omont longitudinally tand this may be porlormod simply by hand l unmipulstion, by prossingupon tho left hand l ond ot tho shzilt 38, Fig. 5, so as to press thosnid bur to tho right ngtrinst tho rosistuinoe of tho spring 5."). Thiswill nntko tho parts assumo tho position shown in Fig. 11, whoro it willbo soon that tho yarns uro laid across tho stom o1" tho noodlos dirootlyi'n roar of the hooks thoroot, and thoso noodlos whon they rotrnot willcarry tho yours with thorn, thus throztding tho sumo simultunoouslythrough tho guidos 20 of tho spool carrying l'rzrmo. Bol'oro thisthrouding notion tnkos pluco howovor, tho oup piooo or strip 11 has beenroinoyod l'rom-tho muin pztrt of tho trtmsfor or dining guido so t huttho troo onds ol' tho yarns will no longor bo ohtnipod by tho Sdid partsbut will bo l'roo to be drawn through tho guidos 20 by tho rotrnotion oftho noodlos.

At'tor tho noodlos huyo sinmltonoously throndod :ill of tho yarnsthrough tho guido tubos tho onds of tho said yarns may bo trimmodlsol'oro romoying tho spool (nrrying t'rumo with its guido from thothroztding I113." ohino. For this purposo wo provide a knife 56 adaptedto rooiproowto in 'guidoways 57 and oot'ipornting with u. 'tixod knife58 securod to tho bod 2t. 'this knito trims the ords at tho propordistn-nto from the ends of tho guido tutzos :md with littlo waste. Attorthis oporution has boon porfo mod tho shitting tomb may to rnisod to itselevated position, tho trunst'or or dining guide remoyod t'rom itssupports and tho ,spool rarrying t'rzuno with its ,guidos and tho yarnsthroudod thorothrongh may ho thon removod from tho mathino togothor withtho spool and thoso pzirts thon plaood in tho loom t'or tho worryingoporntion. i/Vo pro vido n. suitutlo bra. kot or support its at 56 fortho illltl'lllttlltttt portion of tho alining or trtmst'orguido.

Iho Yttt'ttHtS oporntions ol tho threading t maohino may bo tarriod outby hand, or it .dosirod, :tutonmiio inoohanisni can be provided tooperate the several parts. For operating the needles by hand We providea lever 57 pivoted at 58 and connected at. 59 with a cross bar 60 whichis connected with the slide rods 61, only one of which is shown in thedrawings, the said slide rods being connected with and operating thecross head 62 to which the Whole series of threading needles isconnected. F or operating the trimming, w knife We may employ a footlever 63 pivoted at (is to any suitable ironic part, the said foot leverbeing connected as shown at 65, with the knife block 66, a spring 67being employed to return the knife and its/operating mechanism. tonormal position. For operating the series of needles automatically wemay provide a cam 6'? on a shaft, 68 acting against an arm 69 of thehand lever 57 for operating the said lever in one direction rind spring70 returning the hand lever in the opposite direction. For oper-- stingthe cutting knife a pair of cams may be employed on the shaft 68, onlyone or, which however, is shown, this being indiceted st 71, andoperating a lever 72 pivoted at 73, and connected at its front end Withthe rod or arm 65, which in turn is connected with the knife blade. F oroperating the shifting comb We employ a cam 74 on 0 the shaft 68, whichcern operates a lever 75 pivoted at 76 and having its front end bearingon the end of the shaft 38. The spring returns the shiftingbor to normalposition.

As before stated the shifting bar or comb 5 5 has pivotal movement andthis is for the pur pose of yicldingl be ring upon the bar 19 of thespool carrying frame, it being noticed from Figs. 6 and 7 that the endsof the teeth 36 are beveled and thus proper guidance of -,o the saidteeth will be assured in passing from the position shown in Fig. 6 tothat. shown The pivotal movement of the shifting comb is limited by stoppin. 76" on en arm 73 attached to th shaft 38, said pin engaging one thearms 49 which support o con'll).

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.achinc and to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 noticed that transfer or aliningsupported upon bar which is lo sl' in a guidewey in the comb "is reasonoi this construction uidc placcdin position bywit u. airing thesiide bar18 toward the ght Fig.3 by means oi. the handle transfer or aliningguide in a in the upper surface of the said .ioving said bar to the in t121 ts guidctvay so to carry the alining or nsier guide uncer thestrzuids of yarn s ing {F0111 the bobbins to the newly in- .he transferor alining guide is ly in position bybearing against stop th ni'loiytl ecarrying bar 18. (3 it will be seen that bythc spparatusabovc -With ourinvention in. yarns as they leave the bobbins are positively maintainedin their relative positions throughout all the subsequent steps in themanufacture. it will also be observed. that the threading of the guidetubes is acconn plished simultaneously and that no separate trimmingmachine is necessary.

We claim:

1. An elining guide for holding the free ends of the tuft yarns incarpet manufacture, said guide comprising means for clamping the yarnsseparated and in proper order, sub

stantially described.

in eliini ends of the tuft yarns in carpet manufacture comprising atoothed or comb pert and a clamping pert removably connected thereto andadapted, when in place, to clamp the yarns separated and in prone!order.

3. In apparatus of the class described and in combination with spoolingmechanism, means for recei l ing the yarns before being severed from thebobbin strands to hold said yarns sepi sted and in proper order, saidmeans bei. g transferable with the spool or subsequent oberetions.

4;. In apparatus of the class described and in combination With spoofingmechanism, means for receiving the yarns before. being severed from thebobbin strands, to hold said yarns separated in proper order, said meancomprising two 1ll8l11l)i31'6$,011 having notches or guide spaces toreceive the yarns and the other bong adds) d to lit over the said.321685, said means beini eble .vith the spool, substii r; 1). class istor spoon "omo through t the epoch the con'iprisin pass on tin nieanssremove. l le xv yarns b i A bob bin seoars as descri bed.

L. or. 11g 1 guide for holding the ire 7. In combination in appxaratusof the class described, spoohng mec amsin, a yarn proper order, meansfor holding the 'said clamp and the guide tube 01 the spool carryahningguide, a sliding support therefor by ing frame in proper relation, aseries of neewhich said guide may be s d into position beneath the yarnsand means for placing the yarns before severing from the s 001 strandswithin the guide, thr said gui c with the spool being removable,substantially as described.

.8. In combination in. apparatus of the class described, as oolingmachine coinpris- 1n the's ooling ro ls, a iixed comb, a movab e guic eada' tedto engage and hold the yarns separate and in proper order beforesevering from the bobbins,.a sliding support for said guide, an elevatedsupport for directing the yarns above the said guide and means forraising and lowering the said support,

' substantially as described.

In combination in .a paratus of the class described, a guide or 0 amp tohold the free ends of the tuft threads se mate and in pro. er order, andmeans for t hreading the sai threads through the guide tubes of thespool frame, substantially as described.

10. In combination in a paratus of the class described, a guide or clampto hold the free ends of the tuft threads se arate and in proper order,means for hol ing the said clamp and the guide tubes of the spoolcarrying frame in proper relation, and means for threading the yarnssimultaneously through.

the said guide tubesand in the relation maintained by the guide,substantially as described.

11. In. combination in apparatus of the class described, a guide orclamp to hold the free ends of the wit threads se' arate and in properorder, means for holr ing the said clamp and the guide tube of the spoolcarrying frame in roper relation, a series of needles, means oradvancing and retractin the said needles through the guide tubes, am ashifting comb for laying the yarns across the stems of the needles,substantially as described. a

12. In combination in a paratus of'the class described, a guide or o ampto hold the free ends of the tuft tlireads'gse arate and in properorder, means ,for hol m; the said clamp and the guide tube of the spoolcarrying frame in proper relation, a series of needles, means foradvancing and retracting the saidneedles thr'ough'the guide tubes, and ashiftingcomb for layin the yarns across the stengs of theneedles an apivoted su port-for the said shifting comb, substantial y as described.

13. In combination in a paratus of the class described, a guide or campto hold the free ends of the tuft threads separate and in (lles,means for advancing and retracting the said noodles through the guidetubes, and a shifting comb for laying the yarns across the stems of theneedles, said shifting comb having its teeth grooved and having alongitudinal groove to receive the hool zs o'l the neodles,substantially as described.

'14. In combination in apparatus of the class described, the needles, aneliuing guil'lo to hold the free ends of the toll threads, means forholding said guide and the guide tubes of the spool frame in properrelation including a registering bar having cavities or seats to receivethe ends of the guide tubes, said registering bar also serving to directthe needles to the tubes, and a sliding comb for laying the threadsacross the stems of the nee- (lles, substantially as described.

15. In aiparatus of the class described, means for holding the guidetubes of the spool frame, a series of needles, one for each tube, withmeans for operating the same therethrough and means for engaging thefree ends of the threads to be taken simultaneously by the needles andthreaded through the tubes.

16. In apparatus of the class described, means for holding the guidetubes of the SPOOlfITtUlO, a series of needles, one for each tube, withmeans for operating the same thcrollu'ough and means engaging the freeends of the threads to be taken simultaneously by the needles andthreaded through the tubes, said means having a shifting movemcnt to laythe yarns across the stems of the needles, substantially as described.

17. In combination in ap aratus of the class described, means for heding the s 001 frames and guide tubes, means for threa ing the yarnthrough the said guidetubes and cutting means for trimming the yarnswhile the guide tubes'arc maintained in the tln'eading-position,substantially as described.

is. In combination in ap aratus of the class described, means for hoding the spool frames with the guide tubes in position'if'ol" threading,a series of needles for threading said tubes simultaneously, and cuttingmeans for trimming the yarns while the tubes 'ar still in the threadingmachine, substantially as described. I

In testimony whereof, we ailix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

EUGENE F. CLARK. T1108. 0. POOLE. Witnesses:

' WILLIAM COPPLEBERGER,

GEORGE E. Snrrn.

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